Which of the following options is correct in relation to the Muslims of India?

The Muslim population in India accounted for 10-12 percent of the total population in 1951.

The correct answer is Option 1- The Muslim population in India accounted for 10-12 percent of the total population in 1951.

Option 1- The Muslim population in India accounted for 10-12 percent of the total population in 1951: This is Correct.
Option 2- The Muslim League was formed to protect the interests of the Muslims in Independent India : This is Incorrect.
Option 3- Both options 1 and 2
Option 4- Neither 1 nor 2

Beyond the administrative concerns and financial strains, however, the Partition posed another deeper issue. The leaders of the Indian national struggle did not believe in the two-nation theory. And yet, partition on religious basis had taken place. Did that make India a Hindu nation automatically? Even after large scale migration of Muslims to the newly created Pakistan, the Muslim population in India accounted for 10-12 per cent of the total population in 1951. So, how would the government of India treat its Muslim citizens and other religious minorities (Sikhs, Christians, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Jews)? The Partition had already created severe conflict between the two communities.

There were competing political interests behind these conflicts. The Muslim League was formed to protect the interests of the Muslims in colonial India. It was in the forefront of the demand for a separate Muslim nation. Similarly, there were organisations, which were trying to organise the Hindus in order to turn India into a Hindu nation. But most leaders of the national movement believed that India must treat persons of all religions equally and that India should not be a country that gave superior status to adherents of one faith and inferior to those who practiced another religion.